I follow a strategist on LinkedIn. We’ll call her Amy. I found her because she was mentioned in a positive way by someone else I follow. Then because of following Amy I found another strategist that I’m very excited to be connected to.
(Ah, the degrees….)
I’m glad I started following Amy because through her I met this other amazing strategist. But here’s the thing about Amy: she always sounds angry. She is admired and has a lot of followers and is seemingly very successful. In the beginning I wanted to read her posts but today I find that when I see her posts come up, I’m turned off. Why?
I asked myself this question. The answer is: She always sounds angry to me. Like the world is one big problem and the problem is all the other people in it who just don’t get it. Whatever “it” is.
Maybe I’m the problem. Maybe I’m being too critical. Maybe she has some very valid points and I just don’t get “it” enough to get it. This is likely true because I’m not seeing the world through her lens.
With that said, I’m going to keep following her because I’m sure she has nuggets that I need to hear, along with contacts that I need to connect with and/or follow.
But still, when her name shows up in my feed, it’s as if a shadow is cast on my screen. I’ll just go ahead and say it: I don’t like her. I don’t like her and I don’t even know her. But she’s teaching me something – even if it’s just a reminder to pay attention to the energy I’m putting into the world.
